Dehn coloring and the dimer model for knots

DOI10.1142/S0218216517410085MaRDI QIDQ2977922zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander Madaus, Maisie Newman, Heather M. Russell

Publication date 20 April 2017

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.02023

zbMATH Keywords

balanced overlaid Tait graphcoloring moduleDehn coloringdimer modelFox coloringKasteleyn theoryknot determinantSmith normal form

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Abstract: Fox coloring provides a combinatorial framework for studying dihedral representations of the knot group. The less well-known concept of Dehn coloring captures the same data. Recent work of Carter-Silver-Williams clarifies the relationship between the two focusing on how one transitions between Fox and Dehn colorings. In our work, we relate Dehn coloring to the dimer model for knots showing that Dehn coloring data is encoded by a certain weighted balanced overlaid Tait graph. Using Kasteleyn theory, we provide graph theoretic methods for computing the determinant and Smith normal form of a knot. These constructions are closely related to Kauffman's work on a state sum for the Alexander polynomial.

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